Handel: Partenope “Io ti levo l’impero dell’armi“ Laki

High resolution and stereo sound: G.F. Handel (1685-1759) Aria: Io ti levo l’impero dell’armi from Act I, Sc. 11 of Partenope, HWV 27 Comic opera in three acts Libretto by: Silvio Stampiglia Premiere: King’s Theatre, London, 24 February 1730 Original Cast in 1730: Partenope: Anna Maria Strada del Pò, soprano Rosmira: Antonia Maria Merighi, contralto Arsace: Antonio Maria Bernacchi, alto castrato Armindo: Francesca Bertolli, mezzo-soprano Emilio: Annibale Pio Fabri, tenor Ormonte: Johann Gottfried Riemschneider, basso In this video: Krisztina Laki, soprano (as Partenope) La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken Recorded in March-April 1979 Handel wrote Partenope in 1730, a time in his life when he was free to choose a wider range of librettos. “It was Handel’s first comic opera, which